How Medicine Has Helped Transplants

By MartinHa1
  • Period: to

    Discoveries

    During this time period was when many of the first transplants were preformed. But unfortunately the patients weren't surviving long.

  • Bright Future

    Scientist discovred cyclosporine’s ability to suppress the immune system, which might help prevent the rejection of transplanted organs.

  • First Successful Lung/Heart Transplant

  • Aproved

    The Food and Drug Administration approves cyclosporine. Its immunosuppressive qualities lessens the potential for organ rejection.

  • Success

    First successful single lung transplant with significant recipient survival (more than 6 years)

  • Improvment

    First living donor kidney was removed through laparoscopic surgical methods. The patient was left with nothing but a small incision.

  • Plasmapheresis

    Plasmapheresis was introduced. It enabled kidney transplant in patients whose ABO blood group or antibodies are incompatible with the donor.

  • Lung in a Box

    Doctors and engineers are working on a way to preserve organs longer after surgery.